Shoe-elongator.



M. GOLDSTONE.

SHOE ELONGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. Is. 1913. RENEWED NOV. 21, 1914.

1, 141,792. Patented June 1, 1915.

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SHOE-ELONGATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed August 18, 1913, Serial No. 785,349. Renewed November 27, 1914. Serial N 0. 874,356.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX GoLDs'roNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Elongators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe elongators, having for its object, among other things, to provide means for lengthening a shoe, and to accomplish this result with mechanism that willbe of great strength, without being cumbersome or bulky, and which will be simple in design and composed of few parts, so constructed and arranged that it may be manufactured and sold at the minimum cost.

To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the shoe elongator having certain details of construction and combina tions of parts, as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures; Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved shoe elongator; and Fig. 2 is a partial sectional elevation thereof.

In the embodiment of my invention 1 provide a foot section 1, which is of substantially the same form and shape as the forward end of a last, to the rear end of which is secured a nut 2 by the screws 3, a heel section 4, rounded at its rear end and flat upon its inner face, with a hollow chamber 5 therein that is closed by a plate 6, having a prong 8 thereon, and secured by a plurality of screws 7 or by other means, if desired. J ournaled within the heel section 4 and plate 6 is the shaft 9, having a bar 10 therein near its upper end that provides means for manually rotating said shaft. Also journaled in the heel section 4 is a shaft 11 that is threaded through the nut 2 and projects into the pocket 12 in the toe. The shafts 9 and 11 are operatively connected with each other through the beveled gears 13 and 14, both of which are fixed on their respective shafts against rotation by the screws 15, or keyed if preferred, or secured in any other similar manner. Endwise movement of the shaft 11 within the heel section 4 is prevented by the gear 14 and the collar 16. V

My improved device is placed in the shoe 1n the same manner as a last and the foot section is moved forwardly to stretch the leather. This is accomplished through the rotation of the shaft 9, which imparts a forward movement to the foot section through the engagement of the threads on the shaft 11 with those in the nut 2. While the foot and heel sections are held apart by pressure, the device is prevented from being forced out of the shoe at the heel end by the engagement of the prong 8 with the counter at the heel of the shoe.

In order that the extent of movement of the foot section away from the heel section 4 may be accurately determined, I have provided a scale plate 17, which is hinged to the heel section 4 by the pintle 18 between the lugs 19, and provided with a plurality of graduations thereon. The forward end of this scale plate lies over the top of the foot section and is flexible so as to yield and cfinform to the shape of the shoe while in the s oe.

There are minor changes and alterations that can be made within my invention, aside from those herein suggested, and I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction here-in shown and described, but claim all that falls fairly within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shoe elongator, the combination with a foot section; of a nut connected therewith upon the outside thereof; a hollow heel section; a plate connected therewith closing the hollow portion thereof and having a prong thereon that projects rearwardly of said heel section and prevents the premature disengagement of the shoe elongator from the shoe; a shaft rotatably mounted in said heel section and journaled in said plate; a second shaft also rotatably mounted therein and having a threaded engagement with said nut; and a gear fixed to each of said shafts within said heel section and intermeshing with each other.

2. In a shoe elongator, the combination with a foot section; of a nut connected therewith upon the outside thereof; a hol nut and agear fixed to each of said shafts 10 "low heel section; a plate connected therewithin said heel section and intermeshmg with closing the hollow portion thereof; with each other.

means for preventing the premature disen- In testimony whereofI affix my signature gagement of the shoe elongat'or from the in presence of two witnesses.

shoe; a shaft rotatably mounted in said heel MAX GOLDS TONE.

section and journaled in said plate; a sec- 7 Witnesses: ond shaft also rotatably. mounted therein S. A. GARDNER, and having a threaded engagement with said GEORGE E. HALL.

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